The New Art Gallery: 9 Kitchens with Artwork on Display

Some of our favorite kitchen spaces feature artwork casually propped on a countertop or a shelf (no need to confine the art to the more formal rooms of the house).
Above: A kitchen in Paris by architect Phillippe Harden , a portrait propped on the wood counter picks up the color scheme of pale blue and olive green.
Above: A painting on the counter of a London chef's kitchen from In the Kitchen with Skye Gyngell, London's Chef du Jour .
Above: A kitchen in Barcelona designed by Monica Dalla Polvere .
Above: A kitchen in London, from Living Etc .
Above: An abstract work in a Marylebone kitchen by London architects McLaren.Excell .
Above: Remodelista reader Danielle Arceneaux's DIY Kitchen Remodel for Under $500 (go to the post to see the Before).
Above: An oil painting rests casually on the countertop in the Kinderhook Retreat by Steven Harris.
Above: Interior designer Suzanne Shaker's kitchen in Shelter Island, New York (architecture by Deborah Berke & Partners ), features a framed photograph by Maria Robledo propped on the counter.
Above: Ted Muehling's New York kitchen, via Automatism . Photograph by Christophe Kicherer for Maison Francaise.
N.B.: This post in an update; the original story ran on January 14, 2010.
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